Lithuania
Capital city — Vilnius
Country population
i01/01/2023/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3.Type of government
Human Development Index
0.882(34/188)
iHomicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
iName of authority in charge of the pris…
Total number of incarcerated people
i01/01/2024Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
i01/01/2024Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
i2022/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.Prison density
i01/01/2024Total number of prison facilities
i2024An NPM has been established
Number and percentage of incarcerated w…
i01/01/2024Number and percentage of incarcerated c…
i01/01/2024Number and percentage of people awaitin…
i01/01/2024The death penalty is abolished
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Overview
Organisation
Name of authority in charge of the prison administration
Ministry of Justice
Budget of the prison administration
Prison population
Total number of incarcerated people
4,551
i
01/01/2024
Variation in the number of incarcerated people
decrease
The prison population decreased by 8.49% between January 2023 (4,973)1 and January 2024 (4,551).
Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. ↩
Number of people serving non-custodial sentences
15,736
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31/01/2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE II Report 2022, table 9.
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
156
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01/01/2024
Variation in the incarceration rate
decrease
The incarceration rate decreased by 10.34% between January 2023 (174)1 and January 2024 (156).
Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 3. ↩
Number of admissions
2,909
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 23.
Number of releases
4,660
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 26.
Average length of imprisonment (in months)
20.9
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2022
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 31.
Prison density
68.4 %
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01/01/2024
Prison facilities
Total number of prison facilities
8
i
2024
Total official capacity of the prison facilities
6,655
i
01/01/2024
Staff
Number of prison guards (FTE)
1,644
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.
Guard to incarcerated person ratio
1 : 4.2
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 21.
Number of socio-educational workers (FTE)
314
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.
Percentage of socio-educational workers in relation to the entire prison staff
9.9 %
(314)
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01/01/2023
/ Council of Europe, SPACE I Report 2023, table 19.